- Tempora Heroica
Tempora Heroica is a
MUD . It is a text-based,fantasy roleplaying game that is home to a long-standingvirtual community of players. The MUD is best known for its descriptivefantasy world , and for having a system of magic derived from theArs Magica roleplaying game. It is the only surviving Ars Magica basedMU* game. [ cite web|url=http://redcap.org/mush.html |title=Ars Magica MU* Links |accessdate=2007-05-25 ]The game takes place in a
persistent world where each player creates ahero (also known as a character) toroleplay . The player chooses to be a member of one of the four kiths: theFaerie Kith consisting of brownie, elves,pixie s,satyr s, andselkie s; the Hominid Kith consisting ofhumans andhalfling s; the Jotun Kith consisting of giants,ogre s, andtroll s; and theNibelung Kith consisting of dwarves,gnome s, andgoblin s. With their hero, a player explores the game world, which is centered around the town of Wivernhoe, and battle monsters.In June 2005, a new combat engine and new skill system was introduced to the MUD. The combat engine uses events, instead of the rounds or turns found in most RPGs, to regulate battles. Heroes are able to queue tactics before and during melee. The skills system arranges skills in a
skill tree and skills are improved, when challenged, through use.Origin of the Name
"Tempora Heroica" is
Latin for "theHeroic Age ". The phrase was coined by the Greek poetHesiod and was one of the five "Ages of Man ".History
The
MUD began in 1993 as Archipelago at theUniversity of Essex and is derived from theCircleMUD code. In 1996 it moved to theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . The following year the MUD's name was changed to Tempora Heroica. The MUD's code base is still referred to as Archipelago or ArchCode. In 1999, Tempora Heroica moved to its present home atibiblio where it is the site's only MUD. [ cite web|url=http://www.ibiblio.org/collection/collection.php?second=81 |title=ibiblio > Collection Index > Arts and Recreation > Games |accessdate=2007-05-25 ]Tempora Heroica is also one of the oldest surviving
DikuMUD s. [ cite web|url=http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.mud.diku/msg/6a111607341ae79e |title=The Oldest DikuMUDs |accessdate=2007-05-25 ]References
See also
*
CircleMUD External links
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/TH/ Tempora Heroica MUD]
* [http://www.mudconnect.com/mud-bin/simple_search.cgi?Mode=MUD&mud=Tempora+Heroica Mudconnect information]
* [http://mu.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page A community site for discussion and promotion of MUDs]
* [http://www.mudconnect.com/mud-bin/prev/review.cgi?use_idx=1&mud=1146 Review by Silvana]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20000110232434/http://depraved.custard.org/review.html Review by Xorthan]
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